Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT) Competitors

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts recommend HVT or BC?

Brunswick has a consensus target price of $67.62, suggesting a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Brunswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Brunswick	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HVT or BC?

Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.45	$19.96M	$1.15	17.52
Brunswick	$5.24B	0.78	$130.10M	$0.62	100.82

Is HVT or BC a better dividend stock?

Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 111.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunswick pays out 277.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haverty Furniture Companies has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Brunswick has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Haverty Furniture Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer HVT or BC?

In the previous week, Brunswick had 9 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Brunswick and 2 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of -0.08 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brunswick	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HVT or BC more profitable?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Brunswick's net margin of 0.82%. Brunswick's return on equity of 10.73% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	2.71%	6.39%	3.02%
Brunswick	0.82%	10.73%	3.54%

Which has more volatility & risk, HVT or BC?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HVT or BC?

80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Brunswick beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.